Berit — Covenant
The binding bond structuring the whole Bible — cut, not merely signed, because covenant-making involved sacrifice.
Pronunciation: ber-eeth'
Hebrew · Strong's H1285 · 264 occurrences in the Old Testament (KJV)
a compact (because made by passing between pieces of flesh)
KJV translations: confederacy, (con-) feder(-ate), covenant, league.
Berit in the Bible — example verses
“But with thee will I establish my covenant; and thou shalt come into the ark, thou, and thy sons, and thy wife, and thy sons' wives with thee.”Genesis 6:18 (KJV)
“And I, behold, I establish my covenant with you, and with your seed after you;”Genesis 9:9 (KJV)
“And I will establish my covenant with you; neither shall all flesh be cut off any more by the waters of a flood; neither shall there any more be a flood to destroy the earth.”Genesis 9:11 (KJV)
“And God said, This is the token of the covenant which I make between me and you and every living creature that is with you, for perpetual generations:”Genesis 9:12 (KJV)
“I do set my bow in the cloud, and it shall be for a token of a covenant between me and the earth.”Genesis 9:13 (KJV)
“And I will remember my covenant, which is between me and you and every living creature of all flesh; and the waters shall no more become a flood to destroy all flesh.”Genesis 9:15 (KJV)
“And the bow shall be in the cloud; and I will look upon it, that I may remember the everlasting covenant between God and every living creature of all flesh that is upon the earth.”Genesis 9:16 (KJV)
“And God said unto Noah, This is the token of the covenant, which I have established between me and all flesh that is upon the earth.”Genesis 9:17 (KJV)
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